Water-motor



L. P; SANTY. WATER MOTOR.

(No Modell) N0. 407,123. Patented `111151 16, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS P. SANTY, OF CLEMENTS, KANSAS.

WATER-MOTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,123, dated July 16,1889.

Application tiled March 2 7, l 8 89.

To all whom it may concerne it known that I, LOUIS P. SANTY, ofClements, in the county of Chase and State of Kansas, have invented anew and Improved Tater-Motor, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improvedwater-motor, which is simple and durable in construction, eective inoperation, and adapted to be used under waterfalls, in the currents ofstreams, and in other places.

The invention consists of two endless chains passing over drums locatedon opposite shores and buckets of special construction pivoted on thesaid chains and operated on by the force of the water.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details andcombinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, andthen pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side elevation of the improvement as applied under awaterfall. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of one of thebuckets. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the same, and Fig. 4 is an endelevation of the same.

The improved water-motor A is provided with the two drums B and C,located opposite each other and fastened on the shafts D and E,respectively, mounted to turn in suitable bearings and connected withother machineryT to be driven. Over the drums B and C pass the chains Fand G, carrying a number of buckets II, each of which is provided withtwo side plates I and I of triangular form and connected with each otherby rigid transverse stays J, K, and L, placed equal distances apart, asis plainly shown in the drawings. Each of the stays projects a shortdistance bcyond the side plates I and I', and the stay J is pivotallyconnected at its outer end with the chains F and G, so that the bucketcan swing up and down when passing over the drums B and C.

On the stay J between the side plates I and I', is pivoted a gate N,forming the bottom of the bucket and extending at its free end be-Serial No. 305,017. (No model.)

tween the stays L and K, so as to swing between the same from the stayJ, which is the pivot. Between the outer ends of the stays J and L passthe two chains F and G, so that the ends of the said stay K rest on topof the chains F and G when in their uppermost position, and when thechains are in their lowermost position the ends of the stay L rest ontop of the chains.

The operation is as follows: The current of the water running in thedirection of the arrow a first strikes the buckets on the upper parts ofthe chains F and G and strikes the gates N, which are held in aninclined position, so that the latter exert a pressure against thechains F and Gin the direction of the arrow h. The chains F and G thusimpart a rotary motion to the drums B and C. The water, after leavingt-he upper row of buckets, passes from the gatesN of the said bucketsdownward onto the gates in the lower row of buckets. As the gates in thelower row of buckets stand in an inverse direction from the gates in theupper row of buckets, the water falling onto the gates forces the saineto eXert a pressure against the chains F and G in the direction of thearrow c', thus assisting in turning the drums B and C in the samedirection they had before. It will be seen that when the lower row ofbuckets passes over the drum B the projecting ends of the stay K becomedisengaged from the chains F and G as soon as the latter pass over thetop of the drum. The buckets thus swing downward until the projectingends of the stays L fall on top of the chains F and G, and then theyassume the position shown in the upper part of Fig. l. A similaroperation takes place when the uppermost row of buckets II passes overthe drum C. The projecting ends of the stay L then become disengagedfrom the chainsF and G when the latter have passed the lower side of thedrum, so that the buckets swing downward until the projecting ends ofthe stays K rest on top of the chains F and G. Thus it will be seen thatthe buckets reverse automatically when passing over the drums B and C,and the force of the water is exerted against both the uppermost and thelowermost rows of buckets, so that the drums B and C are turned in thesame direction. When the IOO water-motor is placed in a stream or othercurrent, the drums B and C are mounted verti-y cally on the oppositeshores of the stream, and the operation is the saine as above described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. AWater-motor comprising two traveling endless chains and bucketspivoted on the said chains, and each comprising side plates, staysconnecting the said side plates with each other, one of the staysforming the pivot for the bucket, and a gate forming the bottom of thebucketpivoted on the pivotal stay and free to swing between the othertwo stays, all arranged substantially as shown and described.

2. In a water-motor, a bucket comprising two side plates, stays forconnecting the said side plates with each other, and a gate forming thebottom of the bucket pivoted on one of the said stays and free to swing`between the other stays, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a water-motor, the combination, with I two endless chains mountedto travel, of a bucket pivoted between the said chains and eachcomprising side plates iitted between the said chains, stays connectingthe said side plates with each other placed equidistant apart, the saidstays projecting at each end beyond the said plates to engage thechains, and a gate forming the bottom of the bucket pivoted onone of thesaid stays between the said side plates and free to swing between theother stays, substantially as shown and described.

4. In a motor, the combination, with two parallel drums mounted torotate, of endless chains passing over the said drums, and bucketspivoted on the said chains and each comprisingside plates tted betweenthe said endless chains, stays connecting the said side plates with eachother placed equidistant apart, the said stays projecting at each endbeyond the said plates to engage the chains, and a gate forming thebottom of the bucket pivoted on one of the said stays between the saidside plates and freel to swing between the other stays7 substantially asshown and described.A

LOUIS P. SANTY.

Witnesses:

ELVIS C. NOEL, EDWARD GRAHAM.

